Lee Dair (born 28 May 1977), is a Scottish former professional footballer. He has played in the Scottish Football League First Division for Raith Rovers and now coaches in the East of Scotland football leagues.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 May 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rangers BC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Raith Rovers | 25 | (4) |
| 1998 | Cowdenbeath | 3 | (1) |
| 1998 | Partick Thistle | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | East Fife | 16 | (5) |
| 1999–2002 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | ||
| 2002–2003 | Cowdenbeath | 13 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | ||
| 2004–2006 | Linlithgow Rose | ||
| 2006–2009 | Ballingry Rovers | ||
| 2009–2010 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | ||
| 2010 | Ballingry Rovers (player/manager) | ||
| 2010–2014 | Oakley United | ||
| 2014 | Ballingry Rovers (player/manager) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Lochore Welfare (player/manager) | ||
| Total | 58 | (11) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | Ballingry Rovers | ||
| 2014 | Ballingry Rovers | ||
| 2014–2016 | Lochore Welfare | ||
| 2018–2020 | Dundonald Bluebell (manager/assistant manager) | ||
| 2020-2023 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn(Assistant Manager) | ||
| 2023-2024 | Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts(Management) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 14 December 2019 (UTC) | |||
Career
editDair began his career with Rangers but never made a competitive appearance for the Ibrox club. He joined Raith Rovers in August 1997, succeeding his brother Jason who had just left Rovers for Millwall.[1] After trial appearances for Cowdenbeath and Partick Thistle, Dair joined East Fife in November 1998.[2]
Since 2003, Dair has had a long career in Junior football, his clubs including Hill of Beath Hawthorn, Linlithgow Rose, Ballingry Rovers and Oakley United.[3][4]
After a brief spell as player-manager in 2010, Dair was appointed as manager of Ballingry for a second time in June 2014 but resigned the following October.[5] He became manager of fellow Fife side Lochore Welfare later the same month before leaving this position in the summer of 2016.[6][7]
Dair is the nephew of the late Rangers and Scotland legend Jim Baxter, while his father Ian played for Cowdenbeath, and won the Scottish Junior Cup with Glenrothes in 1975.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Dair two be a star too". Daily Mirror. The Free Library. 30 August 1997. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Second division". The Herald. 28 November 1998. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ McGoldrick, Kevin (28 July 2004). "Beath exit so tough - but I had to go for sake of career". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ McGoldrick, Kevin (2 October 2009). "Exorcise the Dair devil". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Rovers under new management on two fronts". Central Fife Times. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Hearts prove they are serious title challengers". Central Fife Times. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Stark, Jim. "New era for Welfare as Andy Healey takes over". Central Fife Times. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Scottish Junior Cup Winners Medals". hillofbeathhawthorn.co.uk. Hill of Beath Hawthorn FC. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
